Eri

Eri

| Japanese title: エリ |
| Short animation | 2026 | France=Japan | 12'09" | 4K, HD | 16:9 | 5.1ch Stereo | Japanese | English subtitles |

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One spring, Eri, a Holstein cow, falls in love with Sawa, a Jersey newcomer. Eri idolizes Sawa and longs to be close to her, to become one with her. To refine her intense feelings for Sawa, Eri subjects herself to ascetic practices and rituals of her own making. In a world where those who do not bear children are disposed of, Eri has fallen for someone who shares the same fate.

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Written, Directted and Animated by Yano Honami
Adapt from Kasaumi Asakura “Who Is Else There?” (Gentosha Inc.)
Voices: Eri: Motola Serena, Sawa: Minami Kotona, Eri's Friend: Takino Masumi
Music: Judith Gruber-Stitzer
Sound Design: Takino Masumi
Producers: Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron
Supervising Producer: Yamamura Koji
Production: Miyu Produtions, Au Praxinoscope
Scannig: Tomotani Akiko, Yano Honami
Voice Recordig, Sound Mixing: Miyoshi Sae
Recording Studio: Aoi Studio
Additional Re-recording mixer: Shelley CRAIG, Pierre Yves DRAPEAU

International Distributor: Luce GROSJEAN
International Co-Production Manager: Shoko TAKAHASHI
English Translation: Asako EGUCHI

Directeur juridique, administratif et financier: Cyril SMET
Comptable David: DOS SANTOS
Assistante comptable: Ezo SARIGUL, Rocco PAZ
Directrice de la communication: Lydia BEN-IKEN
Assistante de communication: Noëmie BILLY
Chargées de production: Carole GUIGNARD-CHABOUIS
Constance: LE SCOUARNEC
Directeurs des productions: Tanguy OLIVIER, Carole: FAURE
Chargés de production Pierre BOIVIN, Emilie COPPIER, Félix RÉGNIER, Naté SÉMÉGA
Directrice technique: Cléa GONAY
Responsable informatique: Christian SERRES

Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
With the Support of Project to Support Emerging Media Arts Creators, 2022
New Way, New World: Program for Connecting Japanese Animators to the World

Director: YANO Honami

Honami Yano is a Japanese animation filmmaker born on a small island in Japan.
Her short film A Bite of Bone (2021) won the Grand Prize for Short Film at the 45th Ottawa International Animation Festival and the New Face Award at the 25th Japan Media Arts Festival.
Alongside her filmmaking practice, she researches sexuality and gender in animation and curates screenings dedicated to queer animation.
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